A day after 70 Republicans signed a letter urging Reince Priebus to defund Donald Trump’s campaign, he just opened for Donald Trump in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Reince Priebus opening for Donald Trump in Erie, as the crowd screams “LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP!” pic.twitter.com/RicOuMbU90
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
Reince Priebus opening for Donald Trump in Erie, as the crowd screams “LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP!” pic.twitter.com
— Charles Johnson
Economic anxiety very anxious for these Trumpites.
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re: #1 Sir John Barron
Do these Trumpites not have jobs?
It’s all Hillary’s fault that they don’t .//
LOL…GE isn’t building locomotives anymore because coal mining and government not working for us.
what a loon
“Hillary said we’re going to put the mines out of business.”
I’m still trying to figure out what diesel locomotives have to do with coal mining.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump on what General Electric manufactures at its locomotive plant in Erie: “You could call them locomotives. Whatever the hell they are.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 12, 2016
What are they making at GE’s locomotive factory in Erie?
Locomotives… something they’ve been doing for about 100 years there.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL…GE isn’t building locomotives anymore because coal mining and government not working for us.
what a loon
Wait, what? He does realize that the only coal-fired locomotives left are the handful of ones left on historical lines, right?
Some weird, uncharacteristic long pauses from Trump today. Is he having health issues? https://t.co/r3NodWSOhI pic.twitter.com/S1cEkUcMKd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
re: #9 lawhawk
Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?
Awww…the USA Women’s team loses in an overtime shootout. Oh well…they tried hard but they were outplayed a bit by a Sweden team led by a former USA coach.
re: #15 ObserverArt
Bummer. I love me some USA Women’s Soccer players.
Those protesters removed from the Trump rally flashed papers that said “TAX FORMS” to the cameras before exiting the venue in Erie, PA
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) August 12, 2016
35% tariff…
hot weather out there…
hope you enjoy your new plant…
good grief.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
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Maybe he’s trying real hard not to say something stupid. He’ll probably fail, just like Homer.
jeebus, whining about the pledges. He just can’t let go of old grudges.
Protester interrupts, Trump gestures with tiny fist: “GET ‘EM OUT” https://t.co/r3NodWSOhI pic.twitter.com/UMJDThrRJh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
I’m half expecting Trump to just say he quits the race during one of his speeches.
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m still trying to figure out what diesel locomotives have to do with coal mining.
Donnie just remembers his ol’ Lionel train set that had the coal car and the steam locomotive that made smoke coming out of the stack.
Them were the days…America was great then.
making fun of Hillary using a teleprompter
He put money into the campaign, and took it right back out to pay for the aircraft rentals.
Trump says NAFTA is the worst trade agreement “probably in the history of our world” https://t.co/r3NodWSOhI pic.twitter.com/oa27PKfilI
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔ @Green_Footballs
Some weird, uncharacteristic long pauses from Trump today. Is he having health issues? lgf.bz
2:43 PM - 12 Aug 2016
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Shortness of breath. A sure sign of an oncoming heart attack. Better get him to the vet!
“Bill Clinton”
“boooooooo”
Remember, that guy who was President back when your salaries were higher?
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
making fun of Hillary using a teleprompter
Trump never uses a teleprompter, of course.
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Breaking: Trump pollster turns out to be random person outside his rally in Erie, PA. #YoureGonnaWinInALandslide
— Pat120 (@Pat120) August 12, 2016
heh
The country is in such bad shape, President Obama’s approval ratings have reached the highest level he’s had in 3 1/2 years. Sad!
Donald knows Erie lost jobs because he flew over…
re: #29 Charles Johnson
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That guy suffers from severe superlative depletion. At a certain point of saying everything is either the worst thing ever, or the best thing ever, you can no longer distinguish between, for example, mildly unpleasant and catastrophic, or between ‘kinda okay’ and ‘fucking amazing’. And with Trump, EVERYTHING has to be the whitest white, or the blackest black.
I’m still amazed that ANYONE listening to him doesn’t just start laughing and walk away.
“Putin’s bitch” will become an iconic moment in this campaign. I don’t normally endorse heckling a speaker but it only took a moment and the guy was promptly thrown out (as the Trumpites were within their rights to do.) Took a lot of guts and perfect timing.
It is the most important message of this political era and needs to be emphasized in every possible forum as often as possible.
re: #9 lawhawk
Trump says real wages were higher “18 years ago” than today. Under…Bill Clinton.
re: #32 jaunte
“Bill Clinton”
“boooooooo”Remember, that guy who was President back when your salaries were higher?
Jesus H. Christ, how do these people put on their underwear every morning and not hurt themselves?
Breaking: Trump pollster turns out to be random person outside his rally in Erie, PA. #YoureGonnaWinInALandslide
— Pat120 (@Pat120) August 12, 2016
re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“The rain, the sleet, the snow, the wind, these are great buildings that are falling apart - don’t feel bad.” Trump, in Erie, on plants.
— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) August 12, 2016
With exactly ONE path to victory, @realDonaldTrump has the election exactly where he wants it… pic.twitter.com/AOzWQObTGb
— Jeffrey Lieber (@JeffLieber) August 12, 2016
I’m sure all the Republicans running in down ticket races love to hear Trump say they’ve got no plan to get out the vote
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 12, 2016
re: #39 Blind Frog Belly White
That guy suffers from severe superlative depletion. At a certain point of saying everything is either the worst thing ever, or the best thing ever, you can no longer distinguish between, for example, mildly unpleasant and catastrophic, or between ‘kinda okay’ and ‘fucking amazing’. And with Trump, EVERYTHING has to be the whitest white, or the blackest black.
I’m still amazed that ANYONE listening to him doesn’t just start laughing and walk away.
Trump is pretty much a vehicle for the “Lock Her Up” contingent, which I doubt will conjure a majority of the electorate in November.
Fozzie and Banjo from four years ago winning the gold in Synchronized Peeing.#Olympics2016 pic.twitter.com/w2FaoOYp2I
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 12, 2016
“I’m not looking at notes. I’m not using a teleprompter.”
We can tell, Donald. We can tell.
re: #47 darthstar
Notice how they both don’t look because that’s not polite.
Would he have stopped Trump from making his products in China, Mexico, Bangladesh…?
Trump says Obama could’ve made him “Secretary of Keeping Business in the United States.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 12, 2016
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
Trump says Obama could’ve made him “Secretary of Keeping Business in the United States.”
— Sahil Kapur
Before or after Trump started the birther nonsense?
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Obama is the founder of ISIS.
Dishonest media reported that.
Donald now “explains” that it was just sarcastic (but then adds “not really that sarcastic”)
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
Obama is the founder of ISIS.
Dishonest media reported that.Donald now “explains” that it was just sarcastic (but then adds “not really that sarcastic”)
How stupid are the people that support him?
Speaking of Putin’s bitches, a Woodward-Bernstein level investigation of the conspiracy industry is in order. When was the last time Alex Jones or Assange “revealed” anything negative about the Kremlin regime, for example?
A congressional investigation might have better resources, but I am not interested in another HUAC.
Something along the lines of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission might be appropriate though.
Post election violence by conspiracist dupes might trigger it, and then some.
Trump said he was “being sarcastic but not that sarcastic, to be honest with you” when he called Obama “founder of ISIS.”
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 12, 2016
re: #56 Kragar
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Oh for fuck sake, if you meant that Obama was the founder of ISIS, just own it, stop weaseling and being a coward and actually admit what you said rather than bitching about the media.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
“I’m not looking at notes. I’m not using a teleprompter.”
We can tell, Donald. We can tell.
Erie…there’s something eerie about this town, right? Right? You know who’s eerie? Whatshisface…yeah, Ted Cruz…but I beat him so bad…I beat him so bad and I let him come to my convention…I LET THIS GUY WHOM I BEAT SO BAD COME TO MY CONVENTION—MY CONVENTION— and give a speech…and you know what he says?…you won’t believe this…I mean really, you won’t believe this…he tells people to vote their conscience. (boos)…yeah, I know…but here’s the thing…anyone voting their conscience is going to vote for me because they can’t vote for Crooked Hillary (cheers)…AMIRIGHT? AMIRIGHT? Jesus you people are stupid…
Holy shit…I could actually be a Trump speech writer. I’m not actually listening to him. I stopped listening to his shit months ago.
“These people are the lowest form of life! They are the lowest form of humanity!” https://t.co/r3NodWSOhI pic.twitter.com/zdsqUfSOI9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
That sounds like a putdown. https://t.co/Jzp8ju3n58
— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) August 12, 2016
Trump to protester in PA: “Go home to mom! And you’re mother is voting for Trump! She’s voting for Trump! True.” https://t.co/ul5b7cQNE7
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 12, 2016
re: #61 Charles Johnson
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Dehumanizing rhetoric. is so attractive on a would be President.
Trump is the fake tough guy’s candidate. You know the guy who says how tough he is but actually has other people his fights for him. That’s him and his supporters to a tee.
“Criminal Minds” is killing off Aaron Hotchner
Thomas Gibson is fired from “Criminal Minds” after an on-set altercation https://t.co/mBGFfSAqxk pic.twitter.com/B9iTQUFeK3
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) August 12, 2016
re: #49 darthstar
Notice how they both don’t look because that’s not polite.
Nice to see Fozzie in a photo again.
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
Your Momma So Dumb She Voting #Trump2016
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) August 12, 2016
Trump gets a visceral glee out of imagining himself bossing people around.
re: #67 Stanley Sea
Nice to see Fozzie in a photo again.
He was a good boy…and beautiful…I forgot how beautiful he was. I really miss him.
re: #53 HappyWarrior
How stupid are the people that support him?
Really stupid, but more than that, really, REALLY gullible. Nigerian Letter gullible. “Don’t answer yet, there’s more!” gullible.
Dewey Cheatem & Howe, of course. What, you expected KPMG or PWC? HAHAHAHA! @studiodave @SamWangPhD @KevinMKruse
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 12, 2016
I just can’t help myself. Sorry (not sorry)
Trump is a Witless Cocksplat #TrumpVisualAids pic.twitter.com/hGWZO8Sr7F
— Franklin (@franklinftw) August 12, 2016
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel
“Putin’s bitch” will become an iconic moment in this campaign. I don’t normally endorse heckling a speaker but it only took a moment and the guy was promptly thrown out (as the Trumpites were within their rights to do.) Took a lot of guts and perfect timing.
It is the most important message of this political era and needs to be emphasized in every possible forum as often as possible.
And if you watch the video, you can see that the heckler got right up Trump’s nose with that one sentence. He was clearly stung and wanted to go off, but somehow he held his tongue. But you could tell he was seething.
Here he goes again with the dumb cards nobody in the crowd can actually read https://t.co/r3NodWSOhI pic.twitter.com/ZiNsKYHjrq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
re: #71 darthstar
Oops…corrected my spelling of Erie New York
PENNSYLVANIA, not New York. Dreary Erie, the Mistake on the Lake.
He’s gonna tell the damned snake story AGAIN!
re: #83 jaunte
Syrian refugees are getting dramatically taller.
They’re giant men. Giant. But invisible.
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re: #80 Blind Frog Belly White
PENNSYLVANIA, not New York. Dreary Erie, the Mistake on the Lake.
Whatevs.
:)
I obviously am uneducated as to the specifics of Trump’s snake story. Did he beat a giant Python with his tiny hands?
Not the snake again. This is like Groundhog Day in hell.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
I can honestly say I’ve never heard the snake story.
When the Trump Memorial goes up, I hope The Snake is etched on the walls like Gettysburg is for Lincoln.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) August 12, 2016
I was a bit off in a lower thread. Papi Bush ‘92 had the worst percentage performance of any postwar GOP candidate, but the worst of the last 100 years was Alf Landon ‘36 who got 36.5% of the vote, definitely doable the way Trump is going. Worst Republican all-time, Taft ‘12 with only 23.2% of the vote is probably out of reach, since #NeverTrump didn’t get a candidate even remotely similar to Teddy to split the GOP vote. But at least its a goal the Donald can shoot for.
re: #29 Charles Johnson
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Guess he never heard of the Opium Wars or the Treaty of Nanking.
re: #90 Kragar
I can honestly say I’ve never heard the snake story.
I think this might be the first time he’s told it since the convention.
Is the snake story about him catching an Ekans?
re: #89 Charles Johnson
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Trump’s rallies are gonna end up like old standup comedians’ routines, where people shout, “Tell the one about the snake!”, then they all shout out the punchline before the comedian does.
“That snake gave her a VICIOUS BITE!” https://t.co/r3NodWSOhI pic.twitter.com/VDHfeKwuWo
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
re: #96 De Kolta Chair
Shhh…. wouldn’t want anyone to know how much golf Ike played (and he had a putting green installed at his Gettysburg farm).
your deductible is so high you’ll never get to use your Obamacare unless you get hit by one of those GE locomotives and linger for a very long time.
(I paraphrased, but he pretty much said that)
Republicans have a tougher path, but Donald says it’s not his fault.
Donald Trump likes to read “The Snake” at his rallies. The author’s family wants him to stop. https://t.co/4M7L2RVQMH
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 12, 2016
Good to see that Trump’s black friend could make the rally photo op above. It is confusing that he’s holding the Trump sign upside-down, unless that’s a duress code.
He doesn’t care and nobody in the room cares…if you are dying, get out of bed on November 8 and vote.
O_o
Trump: “On November 8th, you have to get out and vote. Or do some balloting.”
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 12, 2016
re: #106 lawhawk
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He’ll stop right around the time he stops using songs from artists who’ve asked him to stop using their music.
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
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The people behind him, in thought balloons:
“WTF—all I wanted was to be on TV, but this is ridiculous”
“I hope the bridge club women don’t see me here—it would be so embarrassing”
“Damn, I thought they said—do you want to sit behind a rump roast and I was hungry.”
“Oh dog, please let this moron stop talking.”
“My head hurts (my feet stink and I don’t love Jesus.”
“Are we being paid for this? I was told we would be paid.”
“Please dog, make it stop already.”
Quite a diverse group—old and white, middle-aged and white—and the poor guy with the beard who wishes he could be anywhere but there.
He’s says Federalist Society picks his SCOTUS nominees.
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s says Federalist Society picks his SCOTUS nominees.
No difference between him and Clinton though or so I’m told.
Trump’s new argument is Clintons a team of pros, best in the business, he has no pros. Also he hires the best people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 12, 2016
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s says Federalist Society picks his SCOTUS nominees.
I thought it was supposed to be Heritage. Or Pat Robertson’s nutty ACLJ. Whatever. He won’t get to pick any.
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
Republicans have a tougher path, but Donald says it’s not his fault.
Republicans are like those idiots who paid Tony Robbins thousands of dollars only to have the path he wanted them to walk barefoot be filled with hot coals.
What contempt Trump has for his own supporters! He wants us all to think we are losers. And “he alone” can help. https://t.co/Z8vsUuWD3Z
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) August 12, 2016
re: #118 Sir John Barron
I thought it was supposed to be Heritage. Or Pat Robertson’s nutty ACLJ. Whatever. He won’t get to pick any.
The nutty thing about this whole Scalia was the bestest Justice ever is, Trump hasn’t actually campaigned as much of a conservative. He’s completely incoherent.
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s says Federalist Society picks his SCOTUS nominees.
But, of course, just like he would “delegate” all domestic and foreign policy to Pence!
You see, Trump’s is the “big picture guy” who shouldn’t have to get bogged down in details…
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On the ropeline, one of his SS guys looks terrified.
re: #118 Sir John Barron
I thought it was supposed to be Heritage. Or Pat Robertson’s nutty ACLJ. Whatever. He won’t get to pick any.
It is Heritage. He finally said that after saying Federalist three or four times.
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
“He’s says Federalist Society picks his SCOTUS nominees.”
LOL. He’s going to have a yuge fight with McConnell because McConnell says that’s the NRA’s job.
re: #121 Sir John Barron
The nutty thing about this whole Scalia was the bestest Justice ever is, Trump hasn’t actually campaigned as much of a conservative. He’s completely incoherent.
And what would Scalia or a like-minded acolyte think of Trump’s whole We’re Gonna Penalize Companies That Try To Move Jobs Out of America talk?
Trump on electoral challenge: ‘Republicans do have a tougher path—not my fault—but for the presidency, it’s just a tougher, winding road.’
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 12, 2016
1) It totally is Trump’s fault.
2) The GOP do have a tougher path, since they’ve chosen to side with the bigot brigade and eschew minorities in favor of restoring white guys to a place of primacy by curbing civil/voting rights of minorities a key part of their platform/rhetoric.
3) Demographics show that white guys are an increasingly smaller demographic and minorities are ever more important factors in winning elections.
4) GOTV is important, and Trump is entirely ignoring it.
5) Trump believes his own hype (and his supporters are already running through denial - claiming that the polls and election are rigged against Trump, even though reality is that Trump’s an awful candidate losing badly with no “rigging”).
re: #116 HappyWarrior
No difference between him and Clinton though or so I’m told.
Been listening to my idiot brother again?
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While we were at the Family Reunion in Pittsburgh, Mrs. FBW and Idiot Brother’s wife ditched the Big Dinner to go to the Clinton Rally, so even his own wife thinks he’s full of shit.
re: #121 Sir John Barron
The nutty thing about this whole Scalia was the bestest Justice ever is, Trump hasn’t actually campaigned as much of a conservative. He’s completely incoherent.
That’s conservatism to a T.
OK, he hasn’t been using spray tan. It’s becoming obvious that Trump has been huffing paint…
Trump on PA where NBC/WSJ/Marist Poll this week showed him trailing by 11 points: “I hear we’re doing well here”— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 12, 2016
re: #128 Blind Frog Belly White
Been listening to my idiot brother again?
//While we were at the Family Reunion in Pittsburgh, Mrs. FBW and Idiot Brother’s wife ditched the Big Dinner to go to the Clinton Rally, so even his own wife thinks he’s full of shit.
Ha! I know the type. I think my own brother has come around on HRC. Not sure though.
re: #127 lawhawk
Trump on electoral challenge: ‘Republicans do have a tougher path—not my fault—but for the presidency, it’s just a tougher, winding road.’
— Byron York
Well, not really.
The GOP benefits from an Electoral College that gives extra weight to rural, depopulated states like Wyoming and the Dakotas.
But, sure, OK.
re: #128 Blind Frog Belly White
Been listening to my idiot brother again?
//While we were at the Family Reunion in Pittsburgh, Mrs. FBW and Idiot Brother’s wife ditched the Big Dinner to go to the Clinton Rally, so even his own wife thinks he’s full of shit.
Ha! That’s GREAT.
re: #132 Sir John Barron
Well, not really.
The GOP benefits from an Electoral College that gives extra weight to rural, depopulated states like Wyoming and the Dakotas.
But, sure, OK.
Well they chose to act like heavily populated areas weren’t “real America.”
Chryon fact-checking is the new… pic.twitter.com/5TPnXLVeoC
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 12, 2016
re: #125 majii
“He’s says Federalist Society picks his SCOTUS nominees.”
LOL. He’s going to have a yuge fight with McConnell because McConnell says that’s the NRA’s job.
Imagine if Obama had campaigned on promising to farm out his SCOTUS choices to the ACLU or some other liberal group?
The fainting couches would have sold out with media types crying about Obama’s lack of independence, etc. As well as they should have.
But now with Trump, it’s a relatively minor stone thrown into the sea-size pool of derp.
I. Can’t. Stop. Making. These.
#TrumpVisualAids pic.twitter.com/iXVwI8PqLo
— Franklin (@franklinftw) August 12, 2016
Trump: “We don’t win any more. You people (pointing to the crowd) definitely don’t win anymore.”
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 12, 2016
These people have expectations so low that they are underground.
Trump just finished in Erie, PA, to WILD APPLAUSE and a STANDING OVATION! 👏 Fantastic. He was 🔥ON FIRE TODAY! pic.twitter.com/5GXP5sQx1W
— Boston Bobblehead (@DBloom451) August 12, 2016
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Hillary said we’re going to put the mines out of business.”
I read this as “Hillary said we’re going to put the mimes out of business.”
NO BATHTIME pic.twitter.com/u58JT2z9wf
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) August 12, 2016
re: #128 Blind Frog Belly White
Been listening to my idiot brother again?
//While we were at the Family Reunion in Pittsburgh, Mrs. FBW and Idiot Brother’s wife ditched the Big Dinner to go to the Clinton Rally, so even his own wife thinks he’s full of shit.
There’s going to be variations of that all over the country in November:
“Yes honey, I voted for Trump just like you said I should I can’t believe he lost either.”
*eyeroll*
*googles “how to poison someone and not get caught”*
re: #139 darthstar
“but look at that tiny fuckin’ head..”
That “tiny head” is filled with a brain the size of China and is capable of figuring out all kinds of ways to control everything around it, including you! She’s a real cutie.
re: #144 goddamnedfrank
There’s going to be variations of that all over the country in November:
“Yes honey, I voted for Trump just like you said I should I can’t believe he lost either.”
*eyeroll*
*googles “how to poison someone and not get caught”*
In my Idiot Brother’s case, it’ll be Jill Stein. He fancies himself a radical.
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel
“Putin’s bitch” will become an iconic moment in this campaign. I don’t normally endorse heckling a speaker but it only took a moment and the guy was promptly thrown out (as the Trumpites were within their rights to do.) Took a lot of guts and perfect timing.
It is the most important message of this political era and needs to be emphasized in every possible forum as often as possible.
I prefer to call him Putin’s Puppy. Because I have a thing for alliteration.
Apparently, he can’t hardly wait. pic.twitter.com/enzJKdPGo3
— 白石 Neo (@4732pxqh) August 12, 2016
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
These people have expectations so low that they are underground.
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“He called us losers! Don’t you just LOVE him!!!!”
re: #145 majii
“but look at that tiny fuckin’ head..”
That “tiny head” is filled with a brain the size of China and is capable of figuring out all kinds of ways to control everything around it, including you! She’s a real cutie.
Oh she figured me out on day 1.
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
These people have expectations so low that they are underground.
A Dead Breitbart commenter, I presume….
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
@DBloom451 on fire? That explains the orange glow.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) August 12, 2016
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
Okay…maybe waiting another few seconds would have been a better idea.
heh
Trump on PA where NBC/WSJ/Marist Poll this week showed him trailing by 11 points: “I hear we’re doing well here”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 12, 2016
re: #76 makeitstop
And if you watch the video, you can see that the heckler got right up Trump’s nose with that one sentence. He was clearly stung and wanted to go off, but somehow he held his tongue. But you could tell he was seething.
Trump looked like he had accidentally snorted a line of chili powder. The truth hurts.
What is this thing on my face? Get it off! GET IT OFF!!!
Us cause it’s Friday and #WorldElephantDay! pic.twitter.com/lIFJO2pSKU
— Young Hollywood (@younghollywood) August 12, 2016
If its anything like the last one… @RightWingWatch pic.twitter.com/H3yCCt1EMK
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 12, 2016
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
What is this thing on my face? Get it off! GET IT OFF!!!
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Thats on YouTube under “if girls were boys for a day”.
It’s about a week before Trump starts selling hats that say: “I Can Go Back To A Very Nice Life.”
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) August 12, 2016
re: #163 darthstar
re: #140 Blind Frog Belly White
Trump: “We don’t win any more. You people (pointing to the crowd) definitely don’t win anymore.”
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 12, 2016
LOLOL Trump just basically called his supporters a bunch of losers.
And they’re loving it.
Trump’s New York Co-Chair: Khizr Khan doesn’t deserve the title ‘Gold Star Parent’: https://t.co/NkqiA3FbDF pic.twitter.com/TVgC4diTxW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 12, 2016
re: #148 sagehen
I prefer to call him Putin’s Puppy. Because I have a thing for alliteration.
Putin’s Puta has a nice ring to it.
re: #166 Dr Lizardo
Nice to see he’s getting them ready for November @joshtpm
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 12, 2016
NRA’s favorite ‘academic’ John Lott exposed as a data-fudging, sock-puppeting fraud https://t.co/BBCpGUBwIq pic.twitter.com/6kJaH2dCen
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 12, 2016
Wait — Did @glennbeck allow Donald Trump to rent his email list?! pic.twitter.com/iNYmvWAtsZ
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 12, 2016
ummmmm….
Full Hope Solo quote on Sweden after US was eliminated from the Olympics today. pic.twitter.com/UZVCAeur6m
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) August 12, 2016
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
Someone else in addition to Trump needs to master the fine art of shutting up.
re: #166 Dr Lizardo
Who insults a biker rally?
The Hill, May 29, 2016:
Trump thought biker rally crowd would resemble ‘I Have a Dream’ speech“I thought this would be like Dr. Martin Luther King where people were lined up from here all the way to the Washington Monument,” Trump said Sunday at the annual Rolling Thunder rally, where thousands of motorcyclists honor U.S. prisoners of war and missing-in-action troops.
The billionaire claimed that more than half a million people attempted to attend his speech, “but unfortunately they aren’t allowed to come in.”
CBS News reported that a crowd count was unavailable, but the space in front of the Lincoln Memorial was far from full.
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Trump is the fake tough guy’s candidate. You know the guy who says how tough he is but actually has other people his fights for him. That’s him and his supporters to a tee.
Down here in Texas, we call that “All hat, no cattle.”
re: #174 De Kolta Chair
Who insults a biker rally?
There’s ALWAYS people outside who can’t get it.
He fits being a carny to a t.
Green Party just got denied ballot access in NV. An hour before Jill Stein speaks here. Brutal.
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) August 12, 2016
We imagined future instances of Trump sarcasm, via @iamandymcdonald https://t.co/ybSAvLrZMM pic.twitter.com/xzwAuq9OiC
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) August 12, 2016
How else can we get mutants (enhanced persons via MCU)? Come on people. Think about it. Trump needs to go nuking someone.
Sarcasm. Not sarcasm.
re: #174 De Kolta Chair
Who insults a biker rally?
The man is an imbecile. That his supporters can’t - or won’t - see this glaringly obvious fact speaks volumes.
From the previous thread:
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Backwoods_Sleuth
Aug 12, 2016 • 11:31:36amI need an industrial sized barf bag.
I actually did barf. Don’t know why (other than Trump). Feeling better, not going home, not watching anymore Trump if I can help it.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Far Left wing anti-science luddite party denied ballot access in NV. An hour before their lunatic representative rants there.”
Fixed that.
re: #168 No Depression
Putin’s Puta has a nice ring to it.
Yeah, but ‘Putin’s bitch’ - straight, no chaser - really gets the Trumpanzees wound up. They really do not like the though of their Alpha Male being anybody’s bitch.
I’ve been running it out on Facebook and it never fails to generate maximum rage.
re: #181 Jack Burton
No doubt she’ll whine about the grand conspiracy to be unable to get on ballot b/c she failed to show 5,431 signatures? @RalstonReports
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 12, 2016
To determine the number of signatures required to be gathered from each petition district, the Secretary of State calculates the amount that equals 10 percent of the voters who voted in this State at the last preceding general election and divide that amount by the number of petition districts. Fractional numbers must be rounded up to the nearest whole number. That equates to roughly 5,431. You typically get a lot more than that in order to overcome any challenges.
re: #179 Dr Lizardo
“The man is an imbecile. That his supporters can’t - or won’t - see this glaringly obvious fact speaks volumes.”
I definitely think they see it, but I also think that it has never entered their minds that some of the things he says are about them. He just called them losers, and they cheered, gave him a standing ovation because, see, it’s those people “over there” who are the losers in America and are bringing the country down.
re: #180 wrenchwench
But it’s a dry heave!
I’ll see myself out…
Glad to hear you’re feeling better. ;-)
Caskets have surfaced in Walker, LA from the St. Marks Cemetary along Dunn St. #LAwx #WNTV #Flooding pic.twitter.com/nSvqe9rZ3k
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) August 12, 2016
I remember when I was doing damage assessment and rescue work during the Mississippi River flood in 1993, this happened. We found a huge pile of caskets that had floated down river.
re: #101 lawhawk
Shhh…. wouldn’t want anyone to know how much golf Ike played (and he had a putting green installed at his Gettysburg farm).
Ike was also nuts about the game of bridge. There was a legend that he made skill at bridge a requirement for his staff during World War II. I doubt that, since Ike was far more serious and conscientious about selecting subordinates than, say, MacArthur. The latter had a career-long habit of surrounding himself with sycophants. I am convinced that this was a major reason that Mac’s forces were caught by strategic surprise no fewer than 3 different times during his career, with dire results. In 1941, his Far East Command in the Philippines allowed its air force to be destroyed on the ground despite 9 hours of warning from Pearl Harbor and Malaya.
In 1950, his occupation army in Japan was completely unprepared for the initial North Korean invasion of the south. The command did not have a single anti-tank weapon capable of stopping the Soviet T-34/85, even though one of his missions was to resist a Soviet invasion of Japan. The army of occupation, 4 divisions strong, had badly neglected field exercises and even basic PT (source:This Kind of War by TR Fehrenbach).
Later in 1950, Mac’s gang was surprised yet again by the massive Chinese intervention. At one point, he had his pilot fly his luxuriously furnished C-54 over the frozen wastes of North Korea so he could personally reconnoiter the possibility. He looked out the window, saw no Chinese, and concluded that the rumored intervention was commie disinformation. For this he awarded himself a Distinguished Flying Cross. 3 days later, the Chinese struck, catching the UN forces out of position and causing the worst single day’s American casualties since World War II (800 dead, 2500 wounded or captured.)
His later insubordination was reason enough to give him the boot, but it wasn’t the only reason. Even if Truman and the Joint Chiefs had wanted to start World War III, they would have wanted someone else in charge.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
That happened here in Middle GA in 1994 when we had heavy rains and flooding. It was a mess.
White man jumps in pool to remove black swimmers. Monson Motor Lodge, St. Augustine, Fl. 1963ish. #SimoneManuel pic.twitter.com/9eLtU1uMdH
— Jamilah King (@jamilahking) August 12, 2016
re: #185 majii
“The man is an imbecile. That his supporters can’t - or won’t - see this glaringly obvious fact speaks volumes.”
I definitely think they see it, but I also think that it has never entered their minds that some of the things he says are about them. He just called them losers, and they cheered, gave him a standing ovation because, see, it’s those people “over there” who are the losers in America and are bringing the country down.
I don’t really see it as Trump calling his supporters “losers”. What he’s doing is supporting the persecution fantasies of his supporters by saying that their sorry lot in life is the fault of others.
Of the $1,042,000 the Clintons gave to charity as listed on their return, $1 million went to the Clinton Foundation https://t.co/IuNXUGZBdC
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 12, 2016
nope: https://t.co/OXhZtMEiwy https://t.co/xTSb7FXHRV
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 12, 2016
Unfortunately for The Daily Caller, the Clintons’ tax returns indicate that they gave that money not to the well-known Clinton Foundation but to the Clinton Family Foundation, an entirely separate entity, which in fact distributes its funds to a variety of other charitable and nonprofit organizations.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So yea. About #SimoneManuel & why this moment is so meaningful to many of us. I actually could burst into tears RN pic.twitter.com/cjEgKhehRv
— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) August 12, 2016
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
ummmmm….
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Solo calls Swedish team ‘cowards.’ Sundhage responds: ‘It’s OK to be a coward if you win.’ https://t.co/XNgWGYScKM pic.twitter.com/Q7Y8z1k6mr
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) August 12, 2016
This should make little Donald’s day.
New York Times, Gannett sue to obtain records on Donald Trump’s divorce from Ivana to find out if she accused him of rape
re: #161 Kragar
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I see Pat Buchanan is embracing his Sturmabteilung fantasies again.
re: #195 GlutenFreeJesus
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It’s pretty scary to think how recent that was but yet white conservatives want African-Americans to “shut up” about the past.
#Polls 8/12
■PSR: Clinton +6
■BLM:C+6
■SM: C+10
■MON: C+13
■REUT: C+6
■ECN: C+7
■MC: C+9
■ABC: C+8
■MAR: C+15
■WSJ: C+9
■FOX: C+10
■CNN: C+9— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) August 12, 2016
re: #195 GlutenFreeJesus
I remember there being pools in public parks all over my Middle GA town when I was growing up, and I remember that even though my parents were homeowners and paid taxes to support those pools, no one in my family could use them. There was only one pool in the entire town that blacks could use, and it was always crowded. After the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, city leaders filled in all of the pools with dirt. This was a clear signal that there would be no “race mixing” in these pools.
I’m kicking myself for not knowing before a few minutes ago that trampolining has been an Olympic sport since 2000. Sounds really exciting.
Another #gold for Canada! Congrats Rosie MacLennan! #Trampoline #TeamCanada #Rio2016 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/YvBnxAsCkf
— CanadianPM (@CanadianPM) August 12, 2016
Byrony Page has won another #silver medal for #TeamGB #Rio2016 #Olympics #Trampoline https://t.co/N8h6rutSMl
— Standard Sport (@standardsport) August 12, 2016
WATCH: Death threat-spewing motorist threatens to ‘pull a Trump’ on bicyclist he cut off https://t.co/KvYex0l9tZ pic.twitter.com/7muof474dP
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 12, 2016
A California motorist is making quite a show of apology after he was videotaped ranting at a bicyclist he cut off calling him a “dead man walking,” before threatening to “pull a Trump” on him, reports the SF Gate.
Ryan Lewis called himself “just an old surfer, knucklehead, and I do apologize for using the words that I used,” after being confronted with the videotape, and acknowledging that he was unaware that he illegally pulled into a bike-share lane.
In the video, the bicyclist can be heard telling the passing Lewis, “Don’t hit me.”
Confronting the cyclist, Lewis bellows, “What are you gonna do? Put it on tape? Surfer against a queer, huh? Is that what you’re gonna do, tough guy? You’re not so tough, are you, small guy? You’re a short little guy.”
As the cyclist attempts to explain the rules of the road, Lewis continues on by making threats, including telling the cyclist, he’s a “dead man walking.”
“You’re a tiny little man, you think you’re a big shot,” Lewis said. “I oughta smack you so f*cking good. If there wasn’t any witnesses, you know what I’d do to you? I’d pull Trump on ya.”
Asked his name, Lewis replies, “My name is your worst enemy, motherf*cker. I’m your huckleberry, buddy.”
He sounds nice….
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does the spokesperson understand what a Gold Star Family is?
Death of a direct family member (spouse, parent, child, sibling) in combat in the service of the United States Armed Forces, not political alignment.
(Looks at own avatar)
Yes, Mr. Trump, I watched Mr. Khan’s speech when I was in Canada. Every word he said was relevant. Does that mean I am not worthy of being a Gold Star child?
I would have been on that stage myself if I had been asked. Trump really doesn’t understand much beyond how to hire a lawyer for bankruptcies, does he?
re: #204 Anymouse
Does the spokesperson understand what a Gold Star Family is?
Death of a direct family member (spouse, parent, child, sibling) in combat in the service of the United States Armed Forces, not political alignment.
(Looks at own avatar)
Yes, Mr. Trump, I watched Mr. Khan’s speech when I was in Canada. Every word he said was relevant. Does that mean I am not worthy of being a Gold Star child?
I would have been on that stage myself if I had been asked. Trump really doesn’t understand much beyond how to hire a lawyer for bankruptcies, does he?
I very much doubt that. Not sure if you saw it since you were on your Canadian trip but the NC GOP tried to attack Kaine for wearing what they thought was a Honduras flag pin when in reality it was a pin for a parent of a USMC member. GOP really showing how much they know and respect our military with this shit.
Watch @realDonaldTrump walk back his walk back: “Obviously I was being sarcastic… but not that sarcastic.” pic.twitter.com/mV6QZjNoJW
— Hillary Clinton (@VoteHillary2016) August 12, 2016
“Obviously I was being sarcastic… but not that sarcastic.”
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Obviously I was being sarcastic… but not that sarcastic.”
Obviously he’ll be elected… but not that elected.
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
HW (I think) made the point that he’s a coward who can’t own his own words but really should.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The fat man in the white t-shirt is motel owner James Brock, who also poured muriatic acid into the pool to force the demonstrators out. A week earlier, Brock had had MLK arrested for attempting to eat at the motel’s restaurant. Muriatic acid is a standard pool cleaning chemical and would not have harmed the swimmers at the very low concentration seen. Brock apparently hoped they wouldn’t know that though and was in fact trying to terrorize them into leaving. A few weeks later he did integrate the motel, pool, restaurant and all, for which the local Klan fire-bombed the place.
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump in Erie, PA - talking about “founder of ISIS” comments: Sarcastic - “but not that sarcastic”: pic.twitter.com/fwRREWb0AU
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) August 12, 2016
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
I starting to think Trump is right about changing the laws regarding slandering and libeling public figures. /
re: #209 Shiplord Kirel
Muriatic acid is HCl; hydrochloric acid. As an FYI for modern context.
re: #204 Anymouse
Does the spokesperson understand what a Gold Star Family is?
Death of a direct family member (spouse, parent, child, sibling) in combat in the service of the United States Armed Forces, not political alignment.
(Looks at own avatar)
Yes, Mr. Trump, I watched Mr. Khan’s speech when I was in Canada. Every word he said was relevant. Does that mean I am not worthy of being a Gold Star child?
I would have been on that stage myself if I had been asked. Trump really doesn’t understand much beyond how to hire a lawyer for bankruptcies, does he?
The spokesperson is Carl Paladino, known to us New Yorkers as the loud-mouthed asshole who got his ass kicked in the NY gubernatorial election by Andrew Cuomo.
Kind of the upstate version of Trump. Real estate developer, wannabe tough guy, unrepentant asshole.
Another job opening in the scenic mountains.
U.S. drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan, Pakistan: officials
We just settled a suit giving a NJ resident the right to have “8THEIST” on a license plate: https://t.co/s6lVRumdy2 pic.twitter.com/sJaqTxbRUF
— Americans United (@americansunited) August 12, 2016
re: #213 Le Lapin Tueur
Muriatic acid is HCl; hydrochloric acid. As an FYI for modern context.
But it’s sold as a rather dilute solution, classically for cleaning mortar stains from walls, hence the Latin root.
re: #215 Decatur Deb
There’s gonna be a lot of job openings in Turkey in the not too distant future it seems
With tens of thousands of officials, academics and teachers being suspended or arrested in Turkey, more and more people are starting to fear for their futures. In particular young and well educated Turks are leaving the country.
It’s a video report. Apparently, we’re seeing the beginning of a brain drain from Turkey.
We apologize for an insensitive headline earlier on a story about Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps’ medal wins. https://t.co/ykWvcddaKf
— Mercury News (@mercnews) August 12, 2016
What headline, you might ask?
She’s an Olympic gold medalist. Her name is Simone Manuel. She isn’t just some regular person, @mercnews. pic.twitter.com/QdSvdXM9ML
— Josh Shahryar (@JShahryar) August 12, 2016
re: #205 HappyWarrior
I very much doubt that. Not sure if you saw it since you were on your Canadian trip but the NC GOP tried to attack Kaine for wearing what they thought was a Honduras flag pin when in reality it was a pin for a parent of a USMC member. GOP really showing how much they know and respect our military with this shit.
Yeah, I saw that. I would have thrown a brick at the television if I had one.
I now wear my pin every time I go out. (I only used to wear it for special occasions. No one here would be confused about the meaning of the pin, knowing me, though my mother gets questions about hers in Chicago - amounting to “what is that pin for.”)
re: #217 Decatur Deb
You’re right, but can’t help the clarification. Chemist in me says IUPAC name is all that matter, everything else is archaic.
re: #222 Le Lapin Tueur
You’re right, but can’t help the clarification. Chemist in me says IUPAC name is all that matter, everything else is archaic.
Once ran into the case of an Army air conditioning maintenance man who had been told to draw some “hydro-something acid” from Supply to clean some heat exchangers. They caught him before he opened the hydrocyanic.
I don’t think Trump is under that much pressure. He doesn’t care if he loses because his loss will be the result of GOP backstabbing and democratic vote rigging.
In the meantime he goes to these rallies and is surround by rabid, drooling, acolytes who ADORE him…..
I mean… honestly, Trump is living the dream
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Words to live by.
Hopi –
Do not allow anger to poison you.
⊕ #NativeAmerican #Proverbs #Quotes— Native Am Proverbs ⊕ (@NativAmProverbs) August 12, 2016
re: #215 Decatur Deb
“Another job opening in the scenic mountains.”
What gets me steamed about news like this is that all RW members of Congress have to offer in the fight is more whining, complaining, and critiquing the president’s decisions. The b*st*rds are too d*mn cowardly to even consider the AUMF President Obama sent them over a year ago. They’re trying desperately to sell the idea that if he just says “radical Islam,” ISIS members will lay down their arms immediately and agree to be detained at Gitmo. I detest the thinking of those who offer simple solutions to complex issues.
re: #223 Decatur Deb
Knowing chemistry can be rather important …
Water on a magnesium fire pic.twitter.com/F9IQC8q7Ho
— Physics & Chemistry (@VideosOfScience) August 11, 2016
re: #226 wrenchwench
Words to live by.
Do not allow anger to poison you.
“If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.”
-L. Nimoy
re: #228 Skandal
No joy here—Flash issues. I can imagine.
re: #213 Le Lapin Tueur
Muriatic acid is HCl; hydrochloric acid. As an FYI for modern context.
I am aware of that. It is still sold as muriatic acid for pool and general outdoor cleaning though usually in a dilute form.
Klean Strip Green Muriatic Acid Gallon (Walmart)
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
As Vince Lombardi famously said, “Offense sells tickets, cowards win games.” //
Alright…5:30 in Columbus Ohio and it 92° degrees with a feels like 100° due to the humidity. And for the hell of it…storms in the area.
I just love global warming!
Groan.
re: #235 ObserverArt
Alright…5:30 in Columbus Ohio and it 92° degrees with a feels like 100° due to the humidity. And for the hell of it…storms in the area.
I just love global warming!
Groan.
It was only 79 degrees here today, WHAT global warming?!
/////////////////
re: #230 Decatur Deb
“If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.”
-L. Nimoy
(For non-Civ4 freaks, that’s the proverb Nimoy recites when you develop the Hunting tech.)
Also my grandkid’s favorite saying.
re: #235 ObserverArt
Alright…5:30 in Columbus Ohio and it 92° degrees with a feels like 100° due to the humidity. And for the hell of it…storms in the area.
I just love global warming!
Groan.
So far it has been good for Michigan. Except for the drought. And the algael blooms.
And too many wife-beater t-shirts.
Sweat, too. Sweat
re: #232 Decatur Deb
No joy here—Flash issues. I can imagine.
I’ve had hot Flash issues, but not that hot. The scene goes white for a few seconds.
re: #226 wrenchwench
Northern Arizona proverb: be wary of fake Hopi proverbs. //
GOP governor Bruce Rauner just vetoed an automatic voter registration bill in Illinois. Worried about voter fraud https://t.co/JIZGOVEp24
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) August 12, 2016
re: #241 De Kolta Chair
There’s a saying in Northern Arizona: be wary of fake Hopi proverbs. //
“Hey buddy! Wanna buy a Clovis point?”
re: #241 De Kolta Chair
There’s a saying in Northern Arizona: be wary of fake Hopi proverbs. //
Sounds good, but can you verify the origin?
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re: #235 ObserverArt
Alright…5:30 in Columbus Ohio and it 92° degrees with a feels like 100° due to the humidity. And for the hell of it…storms in the area.
I just love global warming!
Groan.
86 here on the Island, with humidity hovering around 75%. Feels like 94 when you add it all up.
The wife wants to go and do a beach walk out at Robert Moses when she gets home. Hopefully the weather will hold up, but I’ve got my doubts. After two nights of gigs interrupted by pop-up thunderstorms, I’m expecting more of the same tonight because today is the hottest of the three days.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
“GOP governor Bruce Rauner just vetoed an automatic voter registration bill in Illinois. Worried about brown people.”
Fixed that one too.
re: #237 thedopefishlives
It was only 79 degrees here today, WHAT global warming?!
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Don’t make me come up there!!!
re: #228 Skandal
Knowing chemistry can be rather important …
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re: #235 ObserverArt
Alright…5:30 in Columbus Ohio and it 92° degrees with a feels like 100° due to the humidity. And for the hell of it…storms in the area.
I just love global warming!
Groan.
And that, friends, is why despite feeling homesick for family and for the scenery where I grew up in PA, I was ECSTATIC to get back to California after a week in PA.
After dramatic day, Or Sasson wins Israel’s second medal in the Rio Olympics https://t.co/ngtkCWZBjc pic.twitter.com/BB77hBURmV
Poetic medal victory after today’s incident in which his Egyptian competitor refused to shake his hand and also refused to bow as required per the rules (the Egyptian later got righteously crushed by Sasson)..
One of the most repulsive things right wing media are doing in this election season https://t.co/0qD5PIqgqw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2016
re: #251 Archangelus
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Poetic medal victory after today’s incident in which his Egyptian competitor refused to shake his hand and also refused to bow as required per the rules (the Egyptian later got righteously crushed by Sasson)..
Saw a wingnut meme earlier about the whole Gabby Douglas kerfuffle that this reminded me of:
2:51 in Austin, 101 temp, 116 heat index
3:51, 102 and 114.
That’s so much mo’ betta!
re: #218 Dr Lizardo
Remember when we went into Iraq and disbanded their military and banned the Ba’ath party….. I’m afraid for Turkey.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s the Putin apologist Tracey, a dopey scumbag.
FiveThirtyEight has an article on what a Clinton landslide might look like:
ISIS leader killed in US strike: https://t.co/v6iKKe0lS2 pic.twitter.com/BdiyIow5o0
— The Hill (@thehill) August 12, 2016
re: #260 The Vicious Babushka
IS leader sarcasmed by a UAV that has found that sarcasm beats Hellfire. /
re: #260 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #260 The Vicious Babushka
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If this is what Obama does to his friends and allies, just imagine how he will treat his enemies after the election.
Be afraid, wingnuts.
Be very afraid.
Updated: Affrilachian Poets reject Governor’s Award in the Arts, citing Bevin’s stances https://t.co/FjVNGqUYOJ pic.twitter.com/P4D94fHRpI
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) August 12, 2016
The Affrilachian Poets, a diverse Lexington-based collective of writers directly or indirectly connected to Appalachia, has rejected its 2016 Governor’s Award in the Arts, citing Gov. Matt Bevin’s positions on education, the humanities and other issues.
“It is the opinion of the group that the governor’s comments, positions and actions regarding education in general, the Humanities specifically, universal healthcare, criminal justice reform, and the LGBTQ community have been reprehensible and go against the core of who we are as writers and educators and as artists committed to resisting oppression,” the group said in a statement posted on Facebook. “It is in the spirit of Kentucky’s rich literary tradition reaching back to William Wells Brown, that we vehemently reject any award given in this governor’s name.”
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The crux of the issue was, “The governor’s actions, positions and comments, and the things he represents, are in direct conflict with things we believe in as artists and writers and that we have been writing against and commenting on in our 25 years in existence as a group,” Walker said. “It would just be a direct conflict of interest to suggest by accepting the award that we endorse any of his positions.”
The group had considered other options, including going to the October ceremony and rejecting the award there or simply not showing up, Walker said. But the group decided not to handle it that way out of respect to the Kentucky Arts Council and the other winners, and because they wanted to make a statement now, he said.
“We wanted to approach this thing in as civil a way as possible but still register our discontent,” said Walker, a professor of African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center.
re: #252 Charles Johnson
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SMOTI IS ON IT LIKE WHITE ON RICE
BREAKING=> TOP PHYSICIAN: Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson’s Disease https://t.co/qPBbH7aa49 via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 12, 2016
She Who Must Be Obeyed has been reading me excerpts from a RuPaul interview on Vulture. It’s pretty amazing- thoughtful and brilliant. Y’all should check it out.
Charisma News is a Christian wingnut Website long on charisma and short on news. A writer there opines on whether Hillary Clinton is the Antichrist, in an article entitled, “Is Hillary Clinton the Antichrist or an Illuminati witch?”
Wonkette has a bit of fun with her, noting that President Obama must be jealous, thinking he would be Antichrist for life, and Beyoncé is the Illuminati witch.
Been a difficult year for Chris Christie. Deep Fried Twinkies is the first good news he’s had in a long time.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 12, 2016
re: #268 Anymouse
A writer there opines on whether Hillary Clinton is the Antichrist,
That would pretty well do away with any invented health issues, no?
re: #249 Shiplord Kirel
You are not ignorant as far as I know. My post was referring solely to this anecdote:
re: #223 Decatur Deb
Once ran into the case of an Army air conditioning maintenance man who had been told to draw some “hydro-something acid” from Supply to clean some heat exchangers. They caught him before he opened the hydrocyanic.
I see that Donald Trump fans who are supposedly respected policymakers are dragging the Overton Window into some very, very dangerous territory after furiously building a shaky false equivalency with patriotism.
Nationalism Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
An elite globalist may scoff at the arbitrariness of national border and style himself “a citizen of the world,” as Barack Obama described himself before a massive crowd in Berlin in 2008. But most people don’t think of themselves that way. Nation-states inspire loyalties in a way the United Nations or the European Union have failed to do.
Nationalism, properly understood, can be a positive force, welding otherwise disparate people together to build a decent society, secure a competent government and rally to defend themselves against attack. Each nation has developed its own particular culture, its own manners and mores, its own rules, written and unspoken.
An intelligent nationalist can respect the strengths of other nations, while preferring his own, just as an Olympics fan can appreciate the superb performance of athletes from other countries even while keeping an eye on the medal scoreboard.
re: #259 Anymouse
FiveThirtyEight has an article on what a Clinton landslide might look like:
Wow. That really goes into how 538 makes sausages.
re: #272 Skandal
You are not ignorant as far as I know. My post was referring solely to this anecdote:
Sorry about that. I misunderstood. I have been dealing with Trump fans and Moon landing deniers today and it has apparently affected my powers of comprehension.
re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Updated: Affrilachian Poets reject Governor’s Award in the Arts, citing Bevin’s stances
I am disappoint. They should have set it in verse.
re: #41 Mattand
And yet they all have firearms.
re: #259 Anymouse
FiveThirtyEight has an article on what a Clinton landslide might look like:
I have but a dream… a simple yet hopeful dream, one of Hillary 471 and Trump 67…
re: #276 Shiplord Kirel
Sorry about that. I misunderstood. I have been dealing with Trump fans and Moon landing deniers today and it has apparently affected my powers of comprehension.
There are people out there that believe nuclear bombs are fake. How the hell can you be so ignorant?
Grandpa’s Cheese Barn is the shit. pic.twitter.com/e8vMPb2D60
— Leigh Wilder (@LeighWilder42) August 12, 2016
That’s how I remember Kansas, for three weeks on a bicycle. Also, two weeks of Illinois, two of Indiana, two of Missouri. Nebraska we saw from the car on our way to the beginning place.
re: #277 Decatur Deb
I am disappoint. They should have set it in verse.
Upding for “I am disappoint”
makes me giggle
Cluster B personality disorders (anti-social, narcissistic, histrionic) revel in confusing people via inconsistency. pic.twitter.com/bdKXaX0pJQ
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2016
re: #259 Anymouse
I love that Clinton 16% popular vote win map.
.@kwelkernbc: “Was he being sarcastic” about calling Obama the ISIS founder?
Trump spokeswoman: “Yes and no.” https://t.co/sGqwUbyuGj— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 12, 2016
Asked if Trump should be sarcastic on serious issues, his spokeswoman says “of course” because he wants to put smiles on peoples’ faces.
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 12, 2016
re: #259 Anymouse
FiveThirtyEight has an article on what a Clinton landslide might look like:
What’s interesting is, at this point, even the worst projection of Clinton’s chances still gives her 320 or so EVs, or something like he scale of Obama’s 2012 win. At worst.
re: #259 Anymouse
FiveThirtyEight has an article on what a Clinton landslide might look like:
And people would point out that there is still more red on that map than blue.
Proof the election is rigged. The winner is the one with the most color!!!
re: #287 Jay C
What’s interesting is, at this point, even the worst projection of Clinton’s chances still gives her 320 or so EVs, or something like he scale of Obama’s 2012 win. At worst.
Also, bear in mind that their models don’t even attempt to factor in Trump’s near total eschewing of GOTV and ground game infrastructure.
re: #260 The Vicious Babushka
ISIS leader killed in US strike:
Clinton and Obama do not shy from killing their own people, jut look at Vince Foster!!!
re: #285 Romantic Heretic
“It’s turtles all the way down” was my grunge band in 1992
re: #287 Jay C
re: #288 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And yet there’s this:
“Trump is a significant underdog — he has a 13 percent chance of winning the election according to our polls-only model and a 23 percent chance according to polls-plus. But those probabilities aren’t that small. For comparison, you have a 17 percent chance of losing a “game” of Russian roulette.”
Conservative legal scholars prefer a liberal Supreme Court to a President Trump https://t.co/negOgWKskb via @HuffPostPol
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 12, 2016
re: #288 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And people would point out that there is still more red on that map than blue.
Proof the election is rigged. The winner is the one with the most color!!!
They confuse square miles with electoral votes.
FiveThirtyEight also has on their Website an electoral vote weighted map (where the states’ sizes are relative to their electoral votes) and the red areas shrink to a tiny portion of the USA.
re: #283 goddamnedfrank
Cluster B personality disorders (anti-social, narcissistic, histrionic) revel in confusing people via inconsistency.
Underlining (for them at least) that there is no objective truth, only power.
Trump is demonstrating that he has no need to take a consistent position on anything; his followers will still follow.
re: #280 thedopefishlives
There are people out there that believe nuclear bombs are fake. How the hell can you be so ignorant?
I’ve run across them.
Some of them claim the bombs were real but were de-activated by aliens, others think it was a put up job from the beginning. I just borrow a line from Starship Troopers and tell them to ask the city fathers of Hiroshima.
*facepalm*
Pierson Clarifies: Trump Never Said Obama ‘Filed the Paperwork Incorporating the Entity’ of ISIS https://t.co/NOFPbMG4B4 (VIDEO)
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 12, 2016
re: #296 Shiplord Kirel
I’ve run across them.
Some of them claim the bombs were real but were de-activated by aliens, others think it was a put up job from the beginning. I just borrow a line from Starship Troopers and tell them to ask the city fathers of Hiroshima.
I mostly observe the crazy. Currently I’m watching a highly entertaining thread on Holocaust denial.
re: #259 Anymouse
FiveThirtyEight has an article on what a Clinton landslide might look like:
Interesting if complex analysis. This line may be especially significant here in Texas:
“And Trump has run afoul of locally popular politicians, such as Ted Cruz and George W. Bush.”
Dubya still has his admirers here, but Cruz is a revered figure among Texas Republicans and his conflict with Trump is a major concern. How may of them will hold their noses and vote for Hillary is less important than how many will stay home or vote for Johnson.
Donald Trump says he has charts. He holds up a chart. He says, “Charts! Charts! Charts! Do you believe it?”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 12, 2016
I think he’s trying to appropriate H Ross Perot’s schtick, forgetting that Perot finished in third place. https://t.co/KhMF7dwkgu
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2016
re: #295 jaunte
Underlining (for them at least) that there is no objective truth, only power.
Trump is demonstrating that he has no need to take a consistent position on anything; his followers will still follow.
Exactly.
Trump is strictly a classic narcissistic blowhard who is desperate for attention regardless whether it’s good or bad attention.
Some truly over-the-top DNCLeaks & Guccifer stuff in @RidT TL.
(Who knew Guccifer has an AOL email account?)
re: #304 goddamnedfrank
[I think he’s trying to appropriate H Ross Perot’s schtick, forgetting that Perot finished in third place.]
He’ll need the schtick to do so well.
re: #294 Anymouse
I found the map. It is so mesmerizing.
By the way, does anyone else see a red Llama reaching to heaven with its forleg, beseeching God for forgiveness, while sporting a horribly distended anus and cancerously lesioned tail?
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
ummmmm….
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Is soccer over then? I mean, aside from any more women’s soccer games being televised.
re: #310 Ming5000
I found the map. It is so mesmerizing.
By the way, does anyone else see a red Llama reaching to heaven with its forleg, beseeching God for forgiveness, while sporting a horribly distended anus and cancerously lesioned tail?
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You’ve been over-mesmerized.
re: #302 Shiplord Kirel
Interesting if complex analysis. This line may be especially significant here in Texas:
Dubya still has his admirers here, but Cruz is a revered figure among Texas Republicans and his conflict with Trump is a major concern. How may of them will hold their noses and vote for Hillary is less important than how many will stay home or vote for Johnson.
It may be simpler than that. We have a dear friend who has the misfortune of living in Plano, where most people refuse to fly on airplanes that don’t have two right wings.
We visited last week and she says the folks in Plano don’t know whether to shit or go blind. They know that the Armani-Wrapped Hate Cheetoh is nuts, but they have never voted for something with a D after its name.
I think that’s probably true in a lot of the ‘burbs in Texas this year. It could, just could, happen. Remember that Texans voted for a Republican in 1928 (!!), when Hoover was running against that Papist Al Smith.
But they’ll happily go back to voting for Cruz in 2020.
re: #310 Ming5000
It makes me wonder if (assuming at some point they recognize that fear failed to sell) the Republicans will ever manage to remake themselves into a functional political party, and on what basis.
re: #275 Decatur Deb
Wow. That really goes into how 538 makes sausages.
“Lips and assholes, son. Lips and assholes.”
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WATCH: Death threat-spewing motorist threatens to ‘pull a Trump’ on bicyclist he cut off https://t.co/wz8qd36fLw pic.twitter.com/26HWhty027
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 12, 2016
If we could harness all the incoherent white dude rage out there we’d never need gas again. https://t.co/H74MGhMmOW
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2016
re: #311 darthstar
Is soccer over then? I mean, aside from any more women’s soccer games being televised.
It is NEVER over! It is part of mankind’s beating heart, a portion of the very essence of the human spirit and the competitive strive towards…
…Yeah, lost my fervent comment 25% into it. Short answer: pretty much, excluding the standard start of the 2016-2017 leagues around the world..
@daveweigel yeah, that’s the obvious comparison. Here I was thinking Ernst Rohem.
— Grady Forrer (@GradyForrer) August 12, 2016
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re: #315 Blind Frog Belly White
“Lips and assholes, son. Lips and assholes.”
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That is pretty much the current political process.
re: #314 jaunte
But, there is nobody running the enterprise. Who is “they”? There is no they. Rinsed Pubus?They had the , what was it, the after action report after Mitt snuggled the pooch. We all know that they are idiots, or worse, depraved self serving capitalists. How can they recover? At this point I am pretty sure it would be like a drunk driver suddenly switching to Fresh Air with Terry Gross and driving right.
No way. I gave up on them and want to just beat them at the polls from President to Dog Catcher. [no offense to Dog Catchers. Actually, probably only relatives of Dog Catchers will respond anyway.]
WOLVERINES!!!
Here it is, the footage of the wolverine on A Creek.#fieldworkfaceoff pic.twitter.com/2giz2xlANu
— Anne Hilborn (@AnneWHilborn) August 12, 2016
re: #316 goddamnedfrank
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Nothing makes a White American Dude in a motor vehicle more furious in less time than being disrespected by a White American Dude on a bicycle.
Seriously. It’s like we call their manhood into question, somehow.
re: #320 Decatur Deb
That is pretty much the current political process.
Especially the application of one to the other.
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
NBC Nightly News ✔ @NBCNightlyNews
.@kwelkernbc: “Was he being sarcastic” about calling Obama the ISIS founder?Trump spokeswoman: “Yes and no.”
5:44 PM - 12 Aug 2016
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In the world of art this is called mixed media!
re: #325 ObserverArt
In the world of art this is called mixed media!
Hey, she got a 9.8 from the Russian Judge.
re: #311 darthstar
Is soccer over then? I mean, aside from any more women’s soccer games being televised.
Olympics…fini!
re: #289 goddamnedfrank
Also, bear in mind that their models don’t even attempt to factor in Trump’s near total eschewing of GOTV and ground game infrastructure.
Most of the “experts” think GOTV and ground game is worth 2 or 3 points. That’s hugely significant in a close swing state, but meaningless when the polling lead is more than that.
re: #297 Lidane
*facepalm*
Pierson Clarifies: Trump Never Said Obama ‘Filed the Paperwork Incorporating the Entity’ of ISIS
Remember back when this type of thing was called ‘parsing’ by conservatives?
Good times…
re: #238 Decatur Deb
I always preferred the quote for “Satellites.” “Beep….beep….beep…”
re: #183 De Kolta Chair
Dear Gary Johnson,
When exactly was it that people forgot what this hand gesture means?
Awaiting your prompt reply, DKC
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